" veraciousness "

1: as in integrity, honesty;

•  Synonyms : 

•  honesty,

•  integrity,

•  probity,

•  truthfulness,

•  veracity,

•  verity,

•  honor,

•  incorruptibility,

•  candidness,

•  candor,

•  frankness,

•  good faith,

•  plainspokenness,

•  sincerity,

•  straightforwardness,

•  dependability,

•  reliability,

•  reliableness,

•  trustworthiness,

•  accuracy,

•  objectivity,

•  authenticity,

•  correctness,

•  genuineness,

•  credibility

•  Antonyms : 

•  deceit,

•  deceitfulness,

•  dishonesty,

•  falsehood,

•  mendaciousness,

•  mendacity,

•  untruthfulness,

•  artifice,

•  craft,

•  craftiness,

•  crookedness,

•  cunning,

•  dissembling,

•  dissimulation,

•  double-dealing,

•  duplicity,

•  fakery,

•  foxiness,

•  guile,

•  guilefulness,

•  insincerity,

•  trickishness,

•  wiliness,

•  falseness

1: being in the habit of telling the truth;

  * e.g., " ... he has a reputation for being veracious, so people generally take his word for things "

•  Synonyms : 

•  honest,

•  truthful

•  Antonyms : 

•  dishonest,

•  fibbing,

•  lying,

•  mendacious,

•  prevaricating,

•  untruthful

2: following an original exactly;

  * e.g., " ... most readers have accepted the book as a veracious account of Samuel Johnson's table talk "

•  Synonyms : 

•  accurate,

•  authentic,

•  exact,

•  faithful,

•  precise,

•  right,

•  strict,

•  true

•  Antonyms : 

•  corrupt,

•  corrupted,

•  false,

•  imprecise,

•  inaccurate,

•  inauthentic,

•  inexact,

•  loose,

•  unfaithful

3: being in agreement with the truth or a fact or a standard;

  * e.g., " ... a novel that presents a fairly veracious and unvarnished picture of the lives of affluent suburbanites "

•  Synonyms : 

•  accurate,

•  bang on,

•  correct,

•  dead-on,

•  exact,

•  good,

•  on-target,

•  precise,

•  proper,

•  right,

•  so,

•  spot-on,

•  true

•  Antonyms : 

•  false,

•  improper,

•  inaccurate,

•  incorrect,

•  inexact,

•  off,

•  untrue,

•  wrong